Lead Software Engineer

Company Description

Ten Mile Square Technologies is a high-end technology consulting firm based in the Northern Virginia area. Our customers routinely call upon us to solve some of the largest scale and hardest problems in computer science and software development. If you have a solid grounding in software engineering, continuous delivery, and computer science, and are looking for a career opportunity to grow and leverage those skills to the fullest while working on cutting edge technologies – Ten Mile Square is the place to be!

Compensation: USD 160, yearly

Ten Mile Square is looking for a talented and experienced Lead Software Engineer to lead a remote‑first team of full‑stack software engineers working in a complex enterprise environment. This is a hands‑on leadership role for someone who can drive technical direction, maintain a high delivery bar, and operate effectively across architecture, product, and engineering stakeholders.

The initial assignment is to help lead the development and modernization of enterprise financial services platforms, including backend systems, federated Graph

QL services, workflow‑driven application components, and cloud‑native infrastructure on AWS. The right candidate will combine strong software engineering depth with delivery accountability, sound technical judgment, and the ability to move work forward in messy, real‑world environments.

Salary (Base + Target Bonus): $184K ($160K + $24K).

• Lead a team of software engineers, SDETs, and Dev Ops‑oriented engineers in the delivery of complex software systems
• Architect, design, and build distributed systems and integrations using a suite of AWS components including but not limited to EKS, Lambda, S3, MSK, and Aurora
• Design and implement Graph
  
  QL subgraphs and contribute to federated graph architecture and schema governance
• Define and maintain architectural standards, ensuring systems remain scalable, secure, maintainable, and aligned with enterprise constraints
• Set a high technical and delivery bar by modeling engineering best practices and enforcing expectations around quality, reliability, testing, observability, and operational support
• Guide teams in making sound technical decisions and tradeoffs, ensuring solutions are aligned with long‑term strategy while still delivering near‑term value
• Oversee project execution across multiple complex initiatives, managing timelines, risks, dependencies, and delivery outcomes
• Define and enforce engineering best practices around code quality, CI/CD pipelines, deployment workflows, and cloud operations
• Champion engineering operational excellence, including observability, automation, reliability, performance improvements, and production support
• Promote a Dev Ops and cloud‑first mindset, ensuring teams fully leverage modern engineering practices and cloud‑native capabilities
• Work with product, architecture, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into epics, stories, technical plans, and delivery work streams
• Mentor developers on the team
• Ensure technical documentation is clear, accurate, and accessible to the technology team
• Contribute as a member of an Agile team and promote Agile practices
• Proactively collaborate with the Ten Mile Square team on development and knowledge sharing
• Represent yourself and Ten Mile Square with integrity, expertise, and value
• Maintain the confidentiality of our clients on an ongoing basis

• 2+ years of experience as a tech lead
• 3+ years of experience as a senior software engineer
• 7+ years of software development experience including 3+ years of Type Script and Node.js
• 2+ years of experience working with GraphQL
• Strong experience developing, deploying, and supporting systems in AWS
• Experience building and improving CI/CD pipelines
• Full application stack development experience from front‑end to persistence
• Full software lifecycle participation from requirements to post‑implementation support
• Linux command line proficiency
• Strong understanding of software engineering practices, testing strategy, and operational support in production environments
• Strong communication skills and the ability to engage both technical and…